Notification of Major Interest in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuerof existing shares to which voting rights areattached: ii

Glencore PLC

JE00B4T3BW64

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to thenotification obligation: iii

Norges Bank

4. Full name of shareholder(s)  (if different from 3.):iv

N/A

5. Date of the transaction and date onwhich the threshold is crossed orreached: v

25 April 2017

6. Date on which issuer notified:

26 April 2017

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed orreached: vi, vii

Below 3%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type ofshares

if possible usingthe ISIN CODE

Situation previousto the triggeringtransaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

NumberofShares

NumberofVotingRights

Numberof shares

Number of votingrights

% of voting rights x

Direct

Direct xi

Indirect xii

Direct

Indirect

JE00B4T3BW64

431,873,867

431,873,867

428,956,264

428,956,264

2.98 %

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Expirationdate xiii

Exercise/Conversion Period xiv

Number of votingrights that may beacquired if theinstrument isexercised/ converted.

% of votingrights

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financialinstrument

Exercise price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Nominal

Delta

N/A

N/A

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

428,956,264

2.98 %

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or thefinancial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi

N/A

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

Norges Bank

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will ceaseto hold:

N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to holdvoting rights:

N/A

13. Additional information:

None

14. Contact name:

Philippe Chiaroni

15. Contact telephone number:

+4724073297

Company secretarial

John Burton

t: +41 41 709 2619

m: +41 79 944 5434

[email protected]

Nicola Leigh

t: +41 41 709 2755

m: +41 79 735 3916

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Media

Charles Watenphul

t: +41 41 709 2462

m: +41 79 904 3320

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Pam Bell

t: +44 20 7412 3471

m: +44 77 3031 9806

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Investors

Martin Fewings

t: +41 41 709 2880

m: +41 79 737 5642

[email protected]

Carlos Francisco Fernandez

t: +41 41 709 2369

m: +41 79 129 9195

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